Motive power



FREDK. E. sicKnLs, oiiivnw YORK, N. Y. u

METHOD OF CONTROLLINGVIOTIVE POWER. I

Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,765, dated September 12',` 1848.-

To all whom t may concern.' y

Be it known that I, FREDERICK ELswoRTH SICKELS, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and improved mode of applying andcontrolling a propelling force at the will of the operator for thepurposeof causing any driving machinery to which this propelling forceis applied to move only with a corresponding motion to the motion of theoperator with more accuracy and efficiency than has been done by anymeans heretofore known.

By a motion of the operator I mean a motion of the whole or any part ofthe body of the operator that is attached to, and acts on and incombination with a regulating connectionv hereafter described, toproduce a corresponding motion of tle driving machinery. By acorresponding motion of thek driving machinery I mean a mot-ion of thedriving machinery, corresponding relatively, in time, duration, velocityand direction, to

the motion of the operator. By the driving machinery I mean themachineryA to which.A thepropelling force is applied, and whichmachinery moves only in connection with thel By the applying; machineryI mean the machinery whichisl` regulating connection.

moved by the regulating connection to regulate the amount and apply thepropelling force.

The nature and characterjof my invention and that which distinguishesit' `from all other things before known or used, consists,` in making aconnection from the applyingv machinery to the driving machinery whichis acted on by an operator in such manner as that by the motion of theoperator, thisl regulating connection will act on the applyingmachinery, and thereby regulate the.

amount of propellingforce applied.

In Figure l of the accompanying drawings this regulating connection isshown at tached to the machinery, operating a D slide valve as theapplying machinery, and

to the machinery connected with the piston of a cylinder as the drivingmachinery, and to a handle for the operator; the propelling force being,air, gas, steam, or fluid under pressure,I and this force being appliedthrough the driving machinery to work a punch, as will be now moreparticularly described.

In Fig pipes; C valve chest; D1 D2 cylinder covers;

Gr piston rod passing through stufling box l A the cylinder; B1 Bv2vside leduction pipe K; J induction pipe.

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As all the parts referred to above letters of` reference may be of theyusual mode ary high pressure steam engines-further description of themisunnecessary.

In F ig; l, L is ayframe of a punch fasof construction for. locomotiveand stationtened at its upper end to the cylinder cover D2, and at' thelower end to the platform Y, byy ears W; M guide head oni piston rod'Gr, sliding `over a guide N, on` the punch' frame L, to guide the punchO, into the die P.' f

I now come to the regulating connection tf!"- before mentioned. In Fig,l Q1Q2 are connecting arms havingthe'ir ends at'v X1 X2,

`connected-tok the guide head M, ,andl piston rod G, by a pin Y1vpassing through them,

withv` nuts R1 R2 onl each end `of the pin Y1,

to holdl them together, and forming a vibrating jointon the'` pin Y1;the` otherA end' of the armsQ1 Q2 areconnectedatV XsXrby the pin Y2 to alsocket &, on one endvofthe connecting rod S,withnuts R3 R1, oneach fend'of the vpin Y2,.to hold them together, Iandy forminga vibratingjoint .on the pin Y2;

the otherend of the connectingrod S, is l 'attached by a pinyYa, to thejaw'T onL the valve-stem I with nuts R5 R? on each" end ,of .ir

vthe pin vY3 to hold them together, andiforin-` ing a vibrating jointon-the piniYs; U, han-z dle for. the `operator,f connected to the' armQ,by the pin Z, passing through it and rivet# U, lto turnaround onthepin Z; a operator standing on platform V, and graspingjwith lhis handthe handle UQ ving intot-he arm Q, S0 as to allow thel handle? l,Operation (not, including4 the regulating connection): VIlxanfiple l'.Reference being had to the accompanying drawing Fig. l, with theinduction vpipe J, communicating `the propelling force, the valve stemI, yin the center of itsmovement, and the D slide valve attached`closing vthe induction and .eduction openingsl to the cylinder, then, by

themovement of the' valvestem I, and D slidevalve attached, theyloeingf'the apply# end"` ofthe cylinder, and. fromL the eduction pipe K,tothe upper end ofl thecylinder,

ingfmachinery4 upward, that is, in the direc- "tion from 1 to 2, so asto open acommunication from the valve chest C, to the'lower' v.thepropelling force will pass through the y v side `pipe B2, and appliedtothe under side of the piston in cylinder A, causing 1tV with thepiston rod G, guide head M, and punch O, they beingthe drivingmachinery, to move upward with a force according `to the amount ofpropelling :torce applied byn a greater or less upward movement of theapplying machinery, until the piston reaches the upper end of thecylinder.

Example 2. By thev movement of the ap-` plying machinery downward, thatis, in .the direction from 2 to 1, so .as to open the communication fromtheV valve chest C, to the. upper end of the cylinder (A, and from the`eduction pipe K, to the lower end of the cylinder, the propelling forcewill pass amount of propelling force applied Vby a greater or lessdownwardmovement of the applying machinery, until the piston reaches thelower end of the cylinder. `The operation as above explained by Examples1, andi '2, of the parts therein referred to being well 1 the connectingrod S and applying maknown and understood by engineers.

I will now explain the operation of the regulating connection, combinedwith thev motion of the operator, and in connection with the operationas before explained in Examples 1, and 2, of the applying and drivingmachinery. v

.V Example 3."Refere nce being had to the accompanying drawing Fig. 1,the operator having hold of the handle U, then by the upward motion ofthe operator, "the handle'` U and pin Z will moveupward; the con-ynecting arms Q1 `Q2 will turn on the pin Y1,

their ends at X3 X4 moving up the connect-` ing `rod S,Vandapplyingmachinery, andi thereby causing anyupwa'rd motion of the.driving machinery, as before explained in' 'example l, with thisdifference, that should the driving machinery start at any time while inoperation tomove with any other? than a corresponding motion theconnecting arms Q1 Q2 would vibrate on the pin Z the hand of theoperatoracting as a fulcrumand` raise or lower the applying machineryand thus increase, diminish or reverse the application of the propellingforce to the piston in the cylinder A, so as thus to cause acorrespondingmotion of the driving machinery for in the movement of thedriving machinery` upward the arms Q1 Q2, would turn upward on the pinY2; and should the motion of the operator, handle U, and pin Z upward besuch as would be generated by the arms Q1 Q2, turning upon the pin Y2,without moving ,the applying machinery, then the driving machinery wouldbe moving with a correspondingmotion, but, should the driving machinerymove up faster than a corresponding motion then the arms Q1 Q2,

would notonly turn up at their ends X1 X2, but would also move down attheir ends X3 X"g vibrating on the pin Z, in consequence of this pinbeing held by the operator, and thus movethe connecting rod S, andapplying machinery downward so as to diminish the application of thepropelling force to the piston in the cylinder A, and thus produce acorresponding motion of the driving machinery; Or should `the drivingmachinery move up slower than a corresponding motion,.the action of theoperator on the handle U, would draw up the ends `of the arms Q1 Q2 atX3 X2, and thus raise the connecting rod S, and applying machinery, andthereby increase the application of the propelling force to thepiston inthe cylinder A, and thus produce a corresponding motion of the drivingmachinery.

`Example 4. Reference being had to the accompanying drawing Fig. 1. Theoperatorhaving hold of the handle U, then, by a downward motion of theoperator, the handle U'and pin Z will move downward; the connecting armsQ1 Q2 will turn on the pin Y1, their/ends at X3 X2 moving down chinery,and thereby causing a downward motion of the driving machinery as beforeexplained in Example 2, with this diil'errence, that should the drivingmachinery chinery, and thereby, increase, diminishor reverse theapplication of the propelling force to the piston in the cylinder A, soas thus to cause a corresponding motion of the driving machinery, for inthe movement of the driving machinery downward the arms Q1 Q2, wouldturn downward on the pin Y2, and should the motion of the operator,handle U and pin Z downward be such `as would be generated by the armsQ1 Q2 turning upon the pin Y2, without moving the applying machinery,then the driving machinery would `be moving with a corresponding motion,but should the driving machinery move down faster than a correspondingmo- `tion, then the arms Q1 Q2, would not only turn down at their endsX1`X2, but would also move up at'their-ends X3 X1 vibrating on thepin'Z, in consequence of thispin being held by the operator, and thusmove the connecting rod and applying machinery up, so as to diminishtheapplication of the propelling force to the `piston inthe cylinder A, andthus produce a corresponding motion of the driving machinery,or should`the driving machinery move down slower than a corresponding motion, theaction of the operator on the handle would draw down the ends of thearms QL Q2, at X3 X4, and thus lower the connecting rod S, and applyingmachinery, and thereby increase the application of the propelling forceto the pisto-n in t-he cylinder A, and thus produce a correspondingmotion of'the driving machinery. And it is evident with ref-V erence tothe accompanying drawing, and Examples 8 and 4, that the drivingmachinery will move only with a corresponding motion or nearly so, andthat any deviation therefromwill be rectified by the movement andoperation of the regulating connect-ion, and it will also be evidentreference being had to this specification and accompanying drawingsgenerally, that the regulating connection may `be variously arranged andlocated between different kinds of applying andl driving machinery, asin Fig. 2. The driving machinery may consist of a fiat bar G, guide headM and punch O. The applying machinery may consist of the crooked lever Dand two rollers AB which rollers are geared to power and turning in thesame direction, with proper bearings for the journals F, H, I, J, K, oft-he lever and rollers tovwork upon, and the regulating connection mayconsist of the connecting arm Q, handle U for the operator, theconnecting rod S, with the pins Y1 Y2 Y3 to form joints, with the nutsR1, R2,

R3, to hold all together. Supposing the rollers A B; to turn around inthe direct-ion from l to 2, then by the upwardmotion of the operator,the roller Bwould be pressed hard against the bar G, and the roller Akbe held loosely against it; t-he action of the4 friction between theroller B and bar G, would cause a corresponding motion of the drivingmachinery upward or by a downward motion of the operator the roller Awould be brought hard against the bar G, and the roller B be heldloosely against it, producing a corresponding motion of the drivingmachinery downward by the movement and operation of the regulatingconnection. The lever D could act on driving belts as on an ordinarymachine for planing iron instead of the driving rollers A B with thesame result.

It is evident that the less labor required to work the applyingmachinery, the less will be the labor of the operator. It wouldtherefore be advisable, when the advantage justified the expense, to usethat plan of applying machinery, which would require the least amount ofpower 'to work it; as in Fig. 3 the applying machinery may be 0p-Aerated by a rock shaft A, and this shaft be locity of the correspondingmotion ofthe driving machinery, as compared with the motion of theoperator can be readily effected, as by connection to a bell-crank leverB which turns on a pin at EF ig. 3, the movement of theoperator wouldbeat right angles if connectedkto a handle at C, to what it would ifconnected to a handle at D, or would be` of different velocitiesaccording to the lengthV or lengths of the lever `or levers from theapplying and driving* machinery to the operator. yThe driving machinerycan operate cutters or hammers instead of a punch as here represented,

or do any other work within its power to perform without affecting theprinciple of the operation of the regulating connection.

Having thus fully explained the nature and operation of my improvement;what Ik claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-The use of the within described regulating connection to be acted on byan oper# ator and applied between and in connection with applying anddriving machinery so as to regulate the amount of moving powersubstantially on the principle and in the manner as herein described.

FREDERICK ELSWORTH SICKELS.

Witnesses: D. W. MAHON. y v A. B. SToUGH'roN.

